Accession Number:

AD0832098

Title:

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON CAVITATING FLOWS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL DYNAMICS SAN DIEGO CA CONVAIR DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Oversmith, Robert H.

Report Date:

1959-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

61.0

Abstract:

A program of model experiments has been undertaken to investigate underwater cavitating flows, in particular under the conditions of rapidly accelerating forward motion. It is expected that the test results will be especially applicable for the design of high speed underwater missiles. Author

Descriptors:

• *CAVITATION
• *UNDERWATER PROJECTILES
• TWO PHASE FLOW
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• REYNOLDS NUMBER
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
• DRAG
• ACCELERATION
• VELOCITY
• NOSE(ANATOMY)
• CONFIGURATIONS
• EXHAUST NOZZLES

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE